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depreciate 音標拼音: [dɪpr'iʃi,et] v. 貶值,貶低,蔑視;不贊成,反對… 貶值,貶低,蔑視;不贊成,反對… depreciate v 1: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" [synonym: {deprecate}, {depreciate}, {vilipend}] 2: lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again" [ant: {appreciate}, {apprise}, {apprize}] 3: lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" [synonym: {depreciate}, {undervalue}, {devaluate}, {devalue}] [ant: {appreciate}, {apprise}, {apprize}, {revalue}] Depreciate \De*pre"ci*ate\, v. i. To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie. [1913 Webster] Depreciate \De*pre"ci*ate\ (d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depreciated} (d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Depreciating} (d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[i^]*[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to depreciate; de- pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See {Price}.] To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster] To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. --Burke. Syn: To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See {Decry}. [1913 Webster] 149 Moby Thesaurus words for "depreciate":
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